Two weeks ago I noticed an announcement for a live show coming to the Paramount Theater here in Austin, called the Trailer Park Boys. My first thought was, probably some music crap like the Jersey Boys. But thankfully, I read the bio and press release accompanying the announcement and discovered for the first time, the comedic misadventures of Julian, Ricky, Bubbles, and the boys, and their long running tv show. Anyway, it may be the funniest television series ever. The Trailer Park Boys was a Canadian show that was featured from 2001 to 2007 on ShowCase (Canadian version of HBO or Showtime) and is done mockumentary style like the versions of The Office as it follows the boys about their petty crimes and screwed up lives (Trailer Park Boys actually predates the Brit version of the Office by a few months). It seems as if each season starts with the guys getting out of prison and ends with them heading back to the slammer, or as their nemesis, Mr. Layhe, the trailer park supervisor calls it: Con College.
The show all takes place in and around the community surrounding a trailer park in some small town in Nova Scotia, sorta proving, in that mockumentary style, that hicks and po'buckers come from all regions, not just the American South and San Bernadino.
So, Netflix is streaming the shows plus the two feature films they did. I've breezed though the first 5 seasons in two weeks and the show just keeps getting better and dumber and still funny. I kept thinking that this shit should be getting old by now but it wasn't. Certainly, this kind of humor is not for everyone. If you took away the crudeness and foul language and the stupid idiots doing really dumb things, there wouldn't be much of a show. But that stuff is in there and it's pretty goddamn funny. If you have Netflix you might want to check it out.
